Index futures glowered with menace Sunday night, promising a week of nervous price adjustments intended to keep the markets in step with these appallingly interesting times. Political scandal will always be there to provide us with comic relief, but any week that begins with the beheading of yet another American is bound to be less than stellar.  The New York Times, pretending not to notice any of it, has hidden the Jonathan Gruber scandal, which could bring down Obamacare, in a way that could only be described as bizarre. Search the Times web site for ‘Jonathan Gruber’ and you’ll see that the most recent and important story that had his name in it concerned a mixed-drink recipe. Nobody could make up stuff like this.